Sectional railway tie



O 1927' J. HOJNOWSKI SECTIONAL RAILWAY TIE Filed March 51, 1927 PatentedOct. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES JAKOB 'HOJNOWSKI, OF NEKOOSA, WISCONSIN.

SECTIONAL RAILWAY TIE.

Application filed March 31', 1927. Serial No. 179,956]

median sections between the parts of the tie proper wherebylongitudinally extending bars are used to which the eye-bolts of theintermediary sections are held to hold all )arts in their properrelative position.

These and other objects of my invention will be more fully set forth inthe following description and will then be specifically 6 defined in theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a sectional railroad tie constructedaccording to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the tie made in two sections illustratingthe means for combining the same.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of thetie with the central sections removed. 7

Fig. t is a sectional end view on line l4: of Figure 3. Y

The tie, preferably of reinforced concrete or any other suitablematerial, is composed of two main parts or sections 10 and 11 adapted tosupport the rails12 and 13 re spectively of a track, the foot flanges ofwhich are held in place on the tie by means of the rail foot engagingclamps or plates 14:, each having a central slot 15 allowing the passageand adjustment of fastening bolts 16 carrying at their upper threadedends the counter nuts 17, 18, and having inner projecting rail footengaging or gripping plates or flanges 19.

Longitudinally extending bars 20 are united at the outer ends of the tieparts by means of end plates 21 through which said bars extend withtheir outer threaded ends which carry nuts 22. I

The inner oppositely disposed ends of the tie parts 10 and 11 aresuitably recessed, as at 23, and connecting cross-bars or links 24 arepassed through these recesses, and carry outer eye-shaped end loops 25through which the bars 20 pass.

The median intermediate sections 26, 27.

of the tie which may be used in any desired number have also recesses 28formed at their Ineetmg faces for the passage of the bars 24 through-theend or terminal, loops or eyes of which the bars 20 pass.

The operation of my novel tie and its use wlll be entirely clear fromthe above description without further detailed explanation and it is tobe understood that such changes as come withinthe scope of the appendedclaim may be made in the general arrangement and in'the construction ofthe minor de tails of my sectional tie without departing from thespirit. of my invention. k

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent'is:

In a sectional, recessed railroad tie, means for securing and holdingthe sections to gether, said means comprising cross-bars arranged inrecesses at the inner end faces of the tie-sections, eyes formed at theends of said cross-bars, and longitudinally extending bars passingthrough said eyes and embedded in recesses formed 1n the sides of thetie for holding'and securing the end sections and a desired number ofintermediary sections in their relative positions and outer end plateson the sections adapted to be engaged by fastening means upon the endsof said longitudinal bars for holding the same in posltlo-n and foradapting the ties to tracks of deslred gage.

and State of Wisconsin.

Signed at Nekoosa, in the county of WVood i 'JAKOB HoJNoWsKI.

